Racial and ethnic differences in patients' preferences for initial care by specialists

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 116, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 613-620

  Wong, Mitchell D ^a,c   Asch, Steven M ^b   Andersen, Ronald M ^a   Hays, Ron D ^a   Shapiro, Martin F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNIC AND RACIAL GROUPS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNEE PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RASH; THORAX PAIN;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; ASIAN AMERICANS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH STATUS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPECIALTIES, MEDICAL; TRUST;

EID: 1842828983     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2003.09.051     Document Type: Article

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